SHIJIAN 6 03B (SJ-6 03B)

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SHIJIAN 6 03B (SJ-6 03B) at a glance.

Uptime

6207

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.0

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

97.9

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for SHIJIAN 6 03B (SJ-6 03B).

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: SHIJIAN 6 03B (SJ-6 03B)

International designator: 2008-053B

Object number (NORAD): 33409

Object ID (CCSDS): 33409

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 95.803 minutes

Inclination: 97.8713 deg

SMA: 6935.516 km

Apoapsis: 572.275 km

Periapsis: 542.487 km

RAAN: 305.8515 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0021475

Argument of periapsis: 121.257 deg

Mean anomaly: 239.0762 deg

Mean motion: 15.03088579 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002008 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00015298 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 11:56 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 9:04 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SHIJIAN 6 03B (SJ-6 03B)

TLE line 1: 1 33409U 08053B 25294.87787440 .00002008 00000-0 15298-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 33409 97.8713 305.8515 0021475 121.2570 239.0762 15.03088579926934

Live tracking on map

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Associated space launch

It was announced that the two satellites had a design life of at least two years, and would be used to probe the space environment, radiation and its effects, record space physical environment parameters, and conduct other related space experiments.

SHIJIAN 6 03B (SJ-6 03B) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4B | Shi Jian 6E & 6F’, on board a Long March 4B space rocket.

The launch took place on Oct. 25, 2008, 1:15 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.

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Launch to space Long March 4B | Shi Jian 6E & 6F
Long March 4B | Shi Jian 6E & 6F

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Oct. 25, 2008, 1:15 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Long March 4B

Launch pad: Launch Complex 9

Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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